Mr Alan wrote: » Just watched some of his post match press conference there. Depressing. Absolutely depressing. Clueless.
Grayditch wrote: » Then just don't forgive him. He looks like he's on autopilot. "Would you like to auto-fill the team sheet?" "You have selected Yes" "A lot of your players are not playing in their desired positions, do you wish to continue?" "You have selected Yes" "Would you like to choose a new approach for this game, or use the last used approach?" "You have selected the previously used approach, KICK BALL IN GOAL" "Warning, Lovren Selected, do yo wish to continue?" "You have selected Yes, are you sure you would like to continue?" "You have selected Yes, I'm trying to help you out here mate, so I'll ask you again..."
brevity wrote: » ...from a Reading fan
s8n wrote: » Why call them East bacon then ??
corwill wrote: » When Reading gave him the bullet in 2009, they came in for a lot of criticism for not giving him time and jumping the gun. There was a quote from the Reading CEO, might have been Nigel Howe, from a while later that that I saw a few months ago that stayed with me, and I've been thinking about it a lot the last few weeks. I tried googling for it there now, but couldn't find it. It was something along the lines that it wasn't so much the results that prompted the decision to sack Rodgers, but more the manner of the performances and the total confusion on the club's part at his team selections, tactics and game management. They literally could not understand what Rodgers's thinking was, and it disturbed them to the point that they couldn't trust him to turn it around. Sounds dreadfully familiar.
Dont be at yourself wrote: » I wanted him gone after the Stoke game in May, but seeing as the club backed him to the tune of 80 odd million pounds over the summer, he should now get more than 5 games this season. Patience isn't limitless though, and if there's no improvement in performances by November, I'd be looking to bring in Klopp. Of course, a change in manager alone won't sort out our problematic recruitment policy, which is undoubtedly a factor in Rodgers' struggles.
Potential Underachiever wrote: » West Ham.
Knex. wrote: » These are not the the actions that I think Brendan Rodgers of 12/13 or 13/14 would condone, I genuinely don't. The pressure is now too much for him and his back is to the wall. Perhaps he doesn't have the wiggle room or the brownie points to get away with losing while playing well, but he's lost the confidence in himself, and the team, to do so regardless.
ush wrote: » How bad does it have to get before they move him on? Some very average teams have the perfect chance to take LFC apart. This is going to get a lot worse.
Knex. wrote: » Last season, was largely dour. Reminiscent of Rafa's last year, tbh. This season, Rodgers has once again shown that he no longer abides by the principles he shouted from the rooftops when he first came in. Death by Football has been replaced with play by fear. We don't attack like before as we're afraid of being exposed at the back. We play two strikers and a CAM, and put two of them out wide in a 4-3-3. Regularly. We take an attacking left back who shows promise, and replace him with a right footed center back in order to compensate for our laughing stock center back, Dejan Lovren.
s8n wrote: » East bacon ??
LiamoSail wrote: » Why is Rodgers below Dalglish when he has more points on the board?
BorneTobyWilde wrote: » to surrender before a whistle was blown, to play with no fight with no intention to even try was unforgivable.
Jon Stark wrote: » Scumbag is strong but I've always found him to be an unpleasant character in his treatment of certain players. The only player that has left with anything good to say about him is Suarez and I'd say that's because Brendan would have been doing a fair bit of licking. Now that I think about it, has Stevie G said much about him? Not to go all Dunphy on him either but he also left his wife to shack up with a young one. :pac:
BorneTobyWilde wrote: » Chelsea have conceded 17 goals in last 8 league games, it doesn't mean they should sack Jose. The East Bacon result was far worse than losing to Man U 3-1 , we had great chances to make it 1-1 before that penalty.
mav79 wrote: » Just for context.
LuckyLloyd wrote: » By the way lads, what I'd love is for Klopp / Ancelotti to come in and us all to get behind him and strap ourselves in for the ride collectively. I feel like we've been arguing about managers ever since I started posting on here over eight year's ago with the thread constantly split into factions the whole way through. Monk / Pardew would only split us again. I'm tired. I long for the good times under Rafa, or even the 2000 - 2002 period under Houllier.
brevity wrote: » Not directed at you but this logic doesn't fly with me. It's irrelevant that its five games into the season - its been four years. No trophies, disaster in Europe and the highlight was a 2nd place finish largely driven by one of the best players in the world. Rodgers' hubris is his downfall. Nothing more nothing less. He's a bad carpenter. Foolish banging away with no clue of what to do. The transfer committee are giving him tools but he doesn't need them, he doesn't know how to use them, he knows best. He picks up a screw and a hammer and bangs away...
